National Republican., 1887-11-22
rnE PASTORS, UNION.
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teSosutss.
Yesterday morniuE the colorsd pastors Of
ne several denominations IN ths city held
an adlournot meeting a. the Metropolitan
A. NJ. D. Ctutch. for the purpose o. form
irg pastors unios ths object being social
Intercourse. The meoting Has prealiel
over BY Rev. w. u. Phillips, Of the Baptist
Church. About thirty ministers were In
attendance. The minutes of the former
preliminary mesting were read, AZ also
Dr. Crummel's communication. calling at
tentiou % ne school boards action IN op-
position 30 the Wishes % eolorcd msmiera,
IN pfoposlnF 10 iocats q colousd school in
ne building, COMET q Marylaud svesue
ard -Four srd shalt street a1uth West
formerly usfd a house % SO fame, and
located ih noioriously hsd ucighhurhaoi
Dr, Cummsi't communication h ss foi.
lows.
InforinU.on hss eoms 70 ne msstinr that
Ne public tcheni trustees q IN District Il.
Columbia in iocaiinF a pf0posod sChool. a.
signed esreelaily Cor coidrtd chiidran. have
Eivcnup a fuilahlf place on u street. aftef tho
assurance thst i soaild b. oocnfied bg tns
school, and nave sclrcfei insiead the tuI.dins
located A. the cnrnsf of Maryland avenuc aui
-Four aud q. .hau streets thercfafe
Rfsoiftf, Thai this meeting. comu1std af thc
pasion Of nearly All the colorcd ohufchCs OF
the city, in view ofthe circumstance suftound.
ing the pfoposed tAling aud The suhsequgnt
giving M OF the " street ptemle.s, and ~ the
notorious reputation Of the neigh h0fhoDd aud
the Questionable immediate surroundings oi
me house on Maryland avenue, hereby earn
ostly protest against this action on their uari
and decidedly objec, to the estabhshment oi a
public school In the place decided upon.
RcsOfCCd, That committee of i've nun this
tSs nSSsy SS Sp5,onSu '1 i1y .n pro, sg
Drs. stewart, Crummel, aud Lee were 81.
pointed q committee on permanent organ
zatioii, and reported IN favor of Rev. L. g.
Stewart, president; Rev X. n. g.. Dyson,
vice president; Rev. j. Timothy, treasurer.
h.v. W. II. Phillips, secretary, aud Prof.
w. b. johnson, assistant secretary, whu
were unanimously confirmed. Tue same
committee were then appointed a commit
tee on constitution. Their report was
adopted, and provides that the name Of the
association shall be the Ministers Union.
meetings to be held monthly aud the elec
tion Of officers semi annually.
The matter Of the location OF the pro-
posed school was then taken up. Addresses
were made by nearly all present on the un-
suitableness Of the location for the propose
school, but no one seemed willing to lead
Oh WIN IGbulutlDn suONlUa luN htuNt OF
the meeting until Rev. g. W Lee, at the
close OF his address, said; ave might as
well come right out and say what we mean
We are barking at the Mary Hall house
coon, and not only at the surroundings; We
are barking at the Mary Hall coon and all
the little puppies up the tree, which are
| just as bad ms the old one.n
DR.. Crummel spoke on the wrong OF
sending young girls between the ages OF 10
and 10 years TO school IN such a neiglbor-
hood, after which Mr.. w. h. B.Johnson offered
the following, which was adopted
| Resolred. That this meeting, composed Of tho
colored pastors Of the city, In view of the pro-
| posed giving up OF the seventh street prcm-
| ises, and the notorious character OF the hous
| on Maryland avenue, protest against such
action, and objects to the establishment OF a
| public school In that neighborhood.
| Rev. j. T. G. Stewart, q. w. Lee, II. IL.
| G. Dyson, W. j. Walker, Alex Crummel
and w. B. johnson were appointed a CON
mittee to lay these resolutions before the
commissioners, after which the meeting ad-
| journed.